I had to think long and hard about this one. This shirt is my only truly purple clothing item. I considered pairing it with an orange tee, cardigan, sweater vest, or jersey dress but rejected all those options (and it was just too hot for my orange sweater). I was staring at the dress on the In Style page, wishing I had something like it, when I remembered I had bought this dress at an Irish festival. I’ve only worn it once before because it’s too roomy on top and the skirt is too long. Now I’m considering having it turned into a shorter skirt.

Eeeeew ... I think you really missed it on this one. I think this looks just awful ... and I wish you would get rid of those green shoes ... I can only remember one outfit in recent times where I thought they were attractive.

This is a funny coincidence: I'm wearing orange and purple today (http://lemon-grove-avenue.blogspot.com/2008/06/daily-outfit-n-stuff.html)!I've always thought they pair well together, and I think you should add more purple to your bulging closet: we redheads look great in it!

i never really thot of pairing red with purple. i only recently started pairing turquoie with lime green (cuz of u) heheehe... maybe i shd try this colour combination sometime..maybe it wud have been nicer if u had some purple designs on your orange skirt..cuz it looks a bit clashy to me.. =(and the green shoes... i'de never wear green shoes with that outfit cuz it looks like it comes out of nowhere.. so i agree with beanie.. the bare feet look was way less distracting. but u know.. u make any outfit look cute. even the time where u made a "mistake" wearing the tween skirt. i actually thought it was cute. so go figure!

The first thing I actually noticed was the hair clip (or the effect of the hair clip, rather). Pulling back that bit of hair and allowing a strand to flow down the side of the face looks great on you.

I also actually think the purple and orange work in this outfit because the red hair helps to unify it.

For me, I have to agree that the shoes don't really go with the outfit...but maybe a darker hunter green shoe and purse could blend/coordinate better with the belt and necklace?

Last, how shall I put this? It really upsets me when people are mean-spirited with their comments. For one, I think Kasmira is a decent person and doesn't deserve it and, two, I visit this blog every day for cheerfulness, creativity, positivity and inspiration- not for, well, mean-spiritednss?

Sure, you can disagree (I've commented before that the green shoes seem a bit off sometimes, too), but why the need to be mean-spirited?

My $0.02: I love the purple and orange. I don't love the green shoes BUT it seems to work. I think that is because every spectacular flower still has a green stem. And I don't think you should shorten the skirt; I think it is a great length. If it were a heavier fabric I would agree that it should be shortened, but the pattern combo makes the length interesting. Probably not a typical 9-5 skirt length, but so what?